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Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Apply to stay in the UK without time restrictions ('indefinite leave to remain') after being in the UK for 10 years - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, family members.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you’ve been in…
You must have permission to stay (‘leave to remain’). You must also have…
You’ll need to provide: a current passport or other valid travel ID your…
You must apply online for indefinite leave to remain. Once you’ve started…
You must apply to extend your stay online. Once you’ve started your…
Your family members (‘dependants’) can apply separately if they’re…
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have a…
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if both: you have…
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if both: you’re a…
You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you have a family…
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain as a child. You…
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FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
Latest FCDO travel advice for Australia including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs
FCDO travel advice for Rwanda. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Cambodia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for El Salvador. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for the British Antarctic Territory. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
The Skilled Worker route is for employers to recruit people to work in the UK, including in UK waters, in a specific job. A Skilled Worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from a Home Office-approved s…
Ukrainians already in the UK with a visa will be able to extend their stay by extending their visa or switching to another immigration route, where eligible, even if their visa does not normally allow them to do so.
FCDO travel advice for Canada. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Latest FCDO travel advice for Costa Rica. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Seychelles. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Tanzania. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Malta. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for North Korea. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Sierra Leone. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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